Have you ever played that game at the fair where you shoot water into the clowns mouth?
Imagine the stream of water are microwaves and now consider the balloon to be where the microwaves intersect.
What in the world are you trying to say?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 92826
I was trying to think of example that the clowns here that don't believe this is possible might understand... Look, when you triangulate microwaves the energy builds up where the waves meet so even weak microwaves focused on the same spot like this can create alot energy.
deeter User ID: 449619 6/10/2008 8:43 PM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
we tried this at the office and this did not work, we had
three cell phones lined up just as in video, and used three
other cell phone to call the three on the desk pointing
toward the pop corn and nothing, absolutely nothing happened
just like the showed on TV zero results, would be nice to
have the same results that you had in the video, since most
people that saw the video wanted to find out if there was
any truth to this story.
[googlevid][youtube]or what ever other means
that would verify the video results.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 443117 6/10/2008 8:55 PM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
What People should do with this is set it up so that the three cell phones receive a conference or group call from the other "sending" cell phone.
The "sending" phone should call the three others at the same time as You need to have all of the cell phones on the same frequency or carrier wavelength to even have a chance at it working...
That said, Its how I thought it was likely done if it was done at all.
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 443117 6/11/2008 12:02 AM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
I don't know why they put the kernals on an elevated plate. The plate would have blocked some of the waves and the phones resting on the plate were at an angle and one even slipped off before there was even enough time for it to work. This definitly IS NOT proof that this doesn't work!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 411199 6/11/2008 12:05 AM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
"The contents of these videos are fictitious and humorous optical illusions, designed for entertainment. Nothing in these videos is meant to imply that mobile phones can make popcorn and Cardo Systems, Inc. ("Cardo") specifically disclaims that these videos contain any portrayal of facts or comments about safety. Cardo disclaims any liability for the information in these videos."
:-D Mystery solved.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 451421 6/13/2008 6:34 PM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
I don't know why they put the kernals on an elevated plate. The plate would have blocked some of the waves and the phones resting on the plate were at an angle and one even slipped off before there was even enough time for it to work. This definitly IS NOT proof that this doesn't work!
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 443117
Anonymous Coward User ID: 452845 6/20/2008 12:24 PM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
I've been looking and I can't find anything that calls this myth. It just doesn't seem plausible. A microwave takes many seconds (like about 60+) to start popping the kernels. and the energy level is so much greater with a microwave! Hrmmmm... makes me wonder if Mythbusters should take this one on....
we put five kernels in the microwave too to see how long it would take one to pop....one minute forty five seconds.
maybe they're putting a laser on the kernels? or soaking or covering them in something? what comes to mind is those MRE's. i don't remember what was used in those to make the heat....been a while since college chemistry...lol
Quoting: kaj
I heard it was done with a hot air gun...
Anonymous Coward User ID: 272356 6/21/2008 7:27 AM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
Hey, have you seen the video that shows how if you point a few cell phones at popcorn kernels and dial them all at once they'll pop? Sorry, folks, but it just isn't true. Turns out it's all a viral marketing stunt (and a hugely successful one, at that) from Bluetooth headset maker Cardo.
Throughout the week, inboxes have been flooded with "You gotta see this!" messages from people who'd seen the YouTube sensation. The video (watch the original here; the various videos have all been updated and are now labeled as "made by Cardo Systems") shows a group of friends carefully pointing their cell phones at a quartet of popcorn kernels. When all the phones begin to ring simultaneously, the kernels explode into popped popcorn. Delicious! Dangerous? While it says nothing about the issue, the video is supposed to get you thinking about radiation. If cell phones can do that to popcorn, imagine what they're doing pressed up against your face. Ideally, Cardo would like you to then start thinking about buying a Bluetooth headset... ideally one of its models.
Now Cardo's coming clean, possibly a little worried about the panicked response some viewers have had to the video. (As well: Other videos, equally faked with a straight face, have followed.) In a statement the company says, "The 'cell phone and popcorn popping campaign' is completely untrue and a joke. It has been seen by over 4.1 million users already and has become a sort of global urban legend as it continues to be tried throughout the world."
Of course there's still the matter of: If it wasn't cell phones popping that corn, what did? Theories have ranged from hair driers to hot plates to police department microwave radar guns to CGI. There's clearly something under that table. Who puts a tablecloth on the coffee table, anyway? Alas, the mystery continues. When I asked Cardo's PR rep which was the truth, he said, "You know, I don’t actually know."
Anonymous Coward User ID: 461215 7/1/2008 10:13 AM
Re: POPCORN VIDEO: THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE A CELL PHONE... EVER!
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